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In line with yesterday's report, Apple has just released iTunes 11 to the public. The new software brings a number of enhancements including a redesigned store, simplified player, and new iCloud features.

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- Completely Redesigned. iTunes makes it more fun to explore and enjoy your music, movies, and TV shows. You'll love the beautiful edge-to-edge design, custom designs for each album, movie, or TV show in your library, and getting personal recommendations any time you click in the Store.

- A New Store. The iTunes Store has been completely redesigned and now features a clean look that makes it simpler than ever to see what's hot and discover new favorites.

- Play purchases from iCloud. Your music, movie, and TV show purchases in iCloud now appear inside your library. Just sign-in with your Apple ID to see them. Double-click to play them directly from iCloud or download a copy you can sync to a device or play while offline.

- Up Next. It's now simple to see which songs are playing next, all from a single place. Just click the Up Next icon in the center display and they'll instantly appear. You can even reorder, add, or skip songs whenever you like.

- New MiniPlayer. You can now do a whole lot more with a lot less space. In addition to showing what's playing, MiniPlayer now includes album art, adds Up Next, and makes it easy to search for something new to play - all from a smaller and more elegant design.

- Improved search. It's never been easier to find what you're looking for in iTunes. Just type in the search field and you'll instantly see results from across your entire library. Select any result and iTunes takes you right to it.

- Playback syncing. iCloud now remembers your place in a movie or TV show for you. Whenever you play the same movie or episode from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV, it will continue right where you left off.

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The software is currently available through Software Update in the Mac App Store, and Apple should be updating its iTunes pages shortly.

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EDIT: First impression: It's nice, but ugh, going full-screen in video still blacks out my other monitor.
EDIT2: They removed the Visualizer. o.o. At least on the Windows version. I'm updating my Mac now to see if it has the same thing.
EDIT3: They still have the Visualizer in both Windows and Mac versions. On the Mac, nothing's changed. On Windows, you can either press CTRL+T like always, or click on to the top left button and then click on "Show Menu Bar," and then proceed like you used to.

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First complaint: The gradient on the 'now playing' bar seems too...'steep' and not very..."Apple".

Edit with more thoughts: It does feel like a non-Apple app...maybe its a new design direction they are taking. It just feels a lot 'bolder' and 'darker' than other apps - certainly nowhere near as clean and refined as some Apple built apps, and there are a few inconsistencies such as one of the bars being a completely different gradient when you switch to store pages - it looks a little out of place...almost like a mistake.

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